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.ANSON SEARLS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,671, datcd November 20, 18 83. 1 Application filed August so, 1882. (N model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Anson SEARLS, a citi* zen of the United States, residingin Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a whip-socket containing my improvement. Fig. 2is a central longitudinal section ofthe same, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are viewsin detail of the separated parts of the socket.

Myinvention relates to a tubular whip-socket, which is composed of three principal parts, besides the fastening-rivets and the devices for attaching the socket to the vehicle'namely,

two principal sections and a ring-clamp, as, hereinafter particularly described, said ringclamp operating to hold said sections together and to form the open. end of the socket.

WVith these principal parts, as set forth, may be combined a lever, which acts to clamp "the whip in the socket, all as hereinafter specified.

The whip-socket containing my invention is composed of the sections AandB and the ringclamp G. The sections Aand B may be made of sheet metal or of cast metal. If made of the latter, it should be malleable. Sheet-iron is the preferable material, and this may, if desired, be tinned. The ring-clamp Q may likewise be formed of sheet or cast malleable metal, the former, however, being preferable.

The construction of the socket out of the parts named enables me to proceed as follows .in fabricating it: With properly-formed cutting-dies I first cut out of sheet metal the blanks for the two sections A and B. The sections being substantially similar in form, the blanks for both maybe cut with the same die. One of these blanksis represented in Fig. 8. Then, by suitable stamping-dies, I stamp the blanks, at asingle operation, into their completed form to constitute one half of the socket, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and so that when they are put together, as shown in said figures, they form a tube tapering from the center either way to the ends. The clamp-ring 0 may also be made of a strip of sheet metal bent over upon itself, so that its cross seetion presents the horseshoe form seen in Fig. 4. It is then bent into a ring, and the sections A and B be ing placed together, edge to edge, as seen in Fig. 1, and united at their center by rivets passing through ears 6, formed on the sections, the ring-clamp G is then set or slipped down into the upper ends of the sections, so as to inclose the edges of said ends and to clamp them together, and is there permanently secured by bending the free edges closely into contact with the sections, or by soldering or otherwise. The upper ends of the sections and the mouth of the clamp-ring should be flared outward somewhat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The projections b, formed one on each of the sections A B, at the lower end thereof, are turned inward, so as to overlap each other, thus forming a bottom to the socket. These projections I) may be riveted together, if desired.

The advantages secured by constructing a whip-socket of the parts and inthe manner described are the cheapness andconvenience with which it may be'made. Quite thin sheet metal may be employed and yet the socket be strong and durable, and also the socket thus made presents an attractive appearance, and is an effective and convenient whip-holder.

With the socket Ihave described it is preferable to combine the lever B. This lever may be formed by the use of cutting-dies, from sheet metal, in a manner similar to that described for forming the blanks for the sections A and B. A blank for the lever D is shown in Fig. 5. This blank is then stamped into proper form, and, preferably, curved to correspond to the interior of one of the sections A B, as seen in Fig. 2.

Prior to uniting the sections A and B, as hereinbefore set forth, I place the lever D in one of the sections, as A, and pivot itthereon,

as seen at a, Fig. 2, at or near the longitudinal center, by two pinsone on each side near the edge of the lever. The lever is thus permitted to swing on its pivots within the socket, (the sections being united, as hereinbefore indicated, and thusinclosing the lever,) the upper end being thrown outward against the side of the holder when the whip-handle is inserted in the socket, and as the handle passes down to the bottom of the socket, the lower end of the lever being swung outward and the upper end inward, the upper end clamps the whip firmly in the socket. V

The combination of a swinging lever with a whip-socket is a very desirable and popular feature. I do not claim, however, that I am the first to combine alever with a whip-socket for the purpose specified; but the special c011- struction of my socket, which I believe to be new, enables me to effect the said combination readily, conveniently, and cheaply, and to present a socket of attractive appearance and of durability.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A whip-socket consisting of a tube largest at the center and tapering from the center to the ends and composed of the two sections A B,- riveted rigidly together at their centers and clamped rigidly together at their top ends by the clamp-rings O, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a whip-socket consisting of a tube largest at the center and tapering from the center to the ends, and composed of the two sections A. B, riveted rigidly together at their centers and clamped rigidly together at their top ends by the clamp-ring C, of the swinging lever D, made conformable in shape to the interior of said tube and pivoted therein, as and for the purpose described.

ANSON SEARLS.

Witnesses:

A. S. FITCH, A. G. N. VERMILYA, 

